My Little Pony Explorers

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My Little Pony Explorers

Developer(s)

PlatinumGames EAD No.2

Publisher(s)

Activision

Director(s)

Kenji Saito

Platform(s)

Xbox One, PlayStation 4,

Genre(s)

Beat-em-up, action-adventure

Release Date(s)

August 2017

Mode(s)

Chapter Mode, Challenge Mode,

Age Rating(s)

E10+

Cost

$19.99

Max. amount of players

1

My Little Pony Explorers (also known as MLP: Wrath of Virena) is a upcoming sorceress beat-em-up game by Platinum Games and Hasbro, the same collab that brought Transformers: Devastation. Unlike other Platinum games, it sold well. PlatinumGames had decided to balance out their projects, they had two development groups. One handles major projects, and the other handles minor projects.

Contents

Plot

Virena has discovered a mineral called Terminium that is said to unlock every monster in Equestria. She uses it, and then Nightmare Moon, Queen Chrysalis, Dazzlings, and herself aim to take over Equestria.

Princess Celestia is seeing that there is a eternal night in Equestria. Twilight Sparkle is called to restore the Elements of Harmony, since they have been seized by Virena's curse.

Twilight Sparkle is accompanied by the mane six to find Queen Chrysalis and defeat her again. After defeating her, they find out that Virena is taking over Equestria by using a dangerous ore known as Terminium.

Adagio Dazzle, Sonata Dusk and Aria Blaze are called down to Canterlot, possessed by Virena, battle against the Mane Six. After defeating them, Sonata Dusk decides to give the mane six the location of Virena.

When Twilight Sparkle and the mane six arrive at Virena's castle, she then decides to summon her monsters again and take over Equestria.

Virena escapes from her castle to the moon, and engages with a duel with Twilight Sparkle, and Twilight Sparkle unleashes the magic of harmony, and Virena is thrown into space, never to be seen again. Before Virena flies away, Twilight Sparkle had to figure out the main source of the Terminium energy.

If Twilight Sparkle were to decline from asking Virena about the Terminium: Twilight Sparkle returns to Equestria, then Princess Celestia warns the mane six that she can sense the Terminium's energy and they have to hurry to find it's other source, while some mysterious pony (Mirena) watches over them and states they'll face the queen of evil. The next day, a rain of disharmony starts in Equestria, and disharmony falls on Equestria, indicating Mirena had successfully taken over Equestria.

If Twilight Sparkle were to ask Virena about the Terminium (if you collect all journal entries and clues) she can engage in a secret boss known as Dark Queen Mirena, which is the pony responsible for creating the ore after defeating Virena. Princess Celestia congratulates the mane six for saving Equestria, and Twilight Sparkle decides she'll go after the titans of Nyx to find the element ore. She then calls for an expedition, with several ponies joining her. She after that recalibrates the portal to go somewhere else.

Chapters

Luna, where Twilight Sparkle has to turn Nightmare Moon back to Princess Luna (11 battles)

Celestia: Unlocked after beating Discord. Hardcore gamers will face on this, the greatest challenge that awaits. (enemies have 350% attack and 250% health stats, health pickups are non-existant and Mirena's dark sphere explosion can kill the player with one hit regardless if they have two maxed out bars)

Unlike Devastation, there are achievements for beating Discord and Celestia difficulties.

Playable Characters

Character Name

Harmony Burst

Twilight Sparkle

Gram of Harmony: A circle of light surrounds Twilight and eliminates the enemy.

Pinkie Pie

Star Cannon: Pinkie Pie unleashes star blasts from her cannon

Applejack

Twister: Applejack unleashes high winds to throw the enemy up in the air, stunning them and damaging them

Fluttershy

Soaring Swarm: Fluttershy calls for a swarm of light birds to fly towards the enemy and bursting into light.

Rarity

Jewel Barrier: Rarity gets a gem colored barrier that reflects damage to the enemy that attacks, and halves damage.

Rainbow Dash

Sonic Rainboom: Rainbow Dash summons a rainbow laser snake that follows her around and unleashes laser attacks against enemies.

Unique Weapons

This is a list of weapons obtainable from bosses. Unlike Devastation, you instead have a menu wheel between various weapons. There are no weapon ranks in this game. Ponies start with Harmony Hooves, which are their front legs with the Harmony Gauntlet, and they have various combos. After completing Chapter 1, you'll get the Magic Blade.

Gunslinger: This spell involves ranged attacks

Transform: This spell lets you transform into other monsters or gives you power. Only two exists.

Enfeeble: This spell type lets you weaken enemies. Only one exists.

Sorceress: This spell type involves all around attacks combined

Weapon Name

Attack

Fighting Style

Combos

Nightmare Tome

Summon shadow waves.

Gunslinger

Low

Changeling Form

Transform into a Changeling.

Transform

Medium

Dazzle Song

Unleash music to weaken your enemy's stats.

Enfeeble

Low

Arkus

Unleash a flurry of lasers.

Gunslinger

High

Dark Circle

Summon ground circles that do damage to enemies.

Sorceress

Medium

Doom Magnet

Pulls enemies towards you and does damage.

Sorceress

Medium

Virena's Fury

Unleash four orbs that lock and drain enemy HP.

Sorceress

Low

Barrage Chase

Unleash laser snakes and a circle of lasers.

Sorceress

High

Scarborough Fair

Shoot magenta homing magic missiles that do high damage

Gunslinger

Low

Magic Blade

Use a phantom blade to slash your enemies

Sorceress

High

Harmony Cannon

Shoot energy stars at your enemies

Gunslinger

Low

Magic Hammer

Use a phantom hammer to smash your enemies

Sorceress

Low

Luminous Storm

Summon a bolt that splits into the other enemies

Sorceress

Low

Ruby Aeonstorm

Call upon the power of crystals to create a shield that whoever touchs you takes damage

Transform

Low

Icy Dreams

Use the power of ice crystals to damage your enemies. Highest ranging weapon.

Gunslinger

High

Accessories

(TBA)

Gameplay

The game is more based on Legend of Korra, due to the fact that it inherits the counter-attack system instead of Witch Time, similar to Metal Gear Rising. with some differences;

To make up for that to prevent the game from being too easy for gamers, health pickups are rare, and must rely on consumables (your not penalized for using items)

Characters use spells that they can unlock (based off weapon selection)

Unlike Korra/Devastation, the game over screen isn't just a instant continue, a message saying "The Quest for Harmony is Over" will appear, and you see your Mane 6 character you were playing as sitting in the darkness on a blue spotlight, on top it says "Continue?", similar to Bayonetta. Choosing Yes, your mane 6 character will stand and cheer. Choosing No, Virena will let out a evil laugh and you are returned to the main menu.

Chapter selection is shown over books. When you select a chapter, Twilight opens it and the pages flip.

Battles/verses/missions are called Quests.

There are no endless runner stages with 90 degree turns that have hits instead of health bars (there is one, but it plays more like Bayonetta's motorcycle stage)

Characters can equip four spells on the weapon wheel, and two accessories

There is an alchemy system where the player can build consumables and spells (there are 5 consumables and 5 buildable weapons while the rest have to be unlocked)

Ponies can run (based off Panther Within)

Currency is bits (max is 999,999 bits)

Achievements

Achievement Name

How to Get

Trophy Rank

Save Luna!

Clear Chapter 1 in any difficulty

Bronze

Fly Away, Changelings!

Clear Chapter 2 in any difficulty

Bronze

Found Anything?

Clear Chapter 3 in any difficulty

Bronze

Canterlot Guardian

Clear Chapter 4 in any difficulty

Bronze

Dazzle Drop

Clear Chapter 5 in any difficulty

Bronze

Castle Crashers

Clear Chapter 6 in any difficulty

Bronze

Topsy Turvy

Clear Chapter 7 in any difficulty

Bronze

Gotcha, Virena!

Clear Chapter 8 in any difficulty

Bronze

Equestria's Hero

Clear the story mode in any difficulty

Silver

Mystery Solved!

Clear the secret chapter in any difficulty (Hidden)

Silver

Vinyl Scratch

Defeat 30 enemies with music only on Lord or higher

Silver

Rise of Harmony

Clear all chapters on Lord difficulty.

Silver

Brave Frontier

Clear all chapters on Discord difficulty.

Silver

Celestia's Chosen One

Clear all chapters on Celestia difficulty.

Gold

Princess Platinum

Get Pure Platinum on all chapters on Lord or higher

Gold

Deaf Pony

Defeat the Dazzlings without getting controlled by their music on Lord or higher

Silver

Sly Mare

As a Changeling, defeat 25 enemies without being noticed on Lord or higher

Silver

Challenger

Clear all the challenges on any difficulty

Silver

Pro Challenger

Clear all the challenges on Lord or higher

Silver

Expert Challenger

Clear all the challenges on Discord or higher.

Silver

Celestia's Challenger

Clear all the challenges on Celestia difficulty.

Gold

Mare-o-netta

Summon the Scarborough Fair spell.

Gold

Celestia's Master

Collect all of the achievements. Celestia congratulates you!

Platinum

Reception

My Little Pony Explorers gave mixed to postive reviews, while some criticized it's short length. (A playthrough on Normal could take around 2 hours but there is much more to it than that, though) Despite the fact, it got noticed by MLP fan sites everywhere calling it "a wish for an official MLP game come true" and had high ratings from users. It is often called "Mareonetta" by bronies.

Trivia

This is another Platinum game to have a second ending, when rumors of a second ending were aboard of Transformers Devastation, it was decided it would be added.